Equestrian at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

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How do horses get to the Rio Olympic Games?

 

By plane of course! 

 

The first group of Olympic horses departed from London Stansted Airport (GBR) today (29 July) on a special cargo plane bound for Rio 2016, marking the start of the Olympic dream for the world’s best equine athletes.

 

With 34 horses from 10 nations on board, the equine cargo worth multiple millions, was loaded into customized pallets for the almost 12-hour flight that left the UK at 15.20 BST.

 

Eventing horses from Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Japan, Italy and China are on board Friday’s flight out of Stansted, the first of nine shipments delivering more than 200 horses to Rio International Airport, en route to the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro Olympic Park.

 

This highly complex operation involves three hubs in Europe and America: Stansted (GBR), Liege (BEL) and Miami (USA). The competing horses and their riders will represent 43 nations from around the globe in the Olympic disciplines of Dressage, Jumping and Eventing.

 

Stansted flight facts:

• Estimated flight time Stansted – Rio: 11 hours 40 mins

• 17,500 kgs of horses flying from Stansted

• 515kg is the average weight of an Eventing horse (630kg is the average weight of a Dressage horse and 610kg for Jumping horses)

• 9,900kg of horse equipment

• 6,000 kg of feed (doesn’t include feed they’ll eat on the flight)

• 40 litres of water per horse

• 34 Eventing horses – representing Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Japan, Italy and China

 

In-flight entertainment: What are the horses’ favourite in-flight movies? The Horse Whisperer, Black Beauty, Seabiscuit, National Velvet and its sequel International Velvet.

 

 

 

More about it here

 

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[Gianlu33 3,577]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

 

You know where this horse are born?

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19 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

You know where this horse are born?

 

FEI profile says that he is Dutch Warmblood (KWPN) so he was born in the Netherlands.

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5 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

FEI profile says that he is Dutch Warmblood (KWPN) so he was born in the Netherlands.

Thanks a lot  

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Second batch of eventing horses flying to Rio from Liege at the moment, including the current Olympic champion Sam.

 

Liege flight facts:

• Estimated flight time Liege – Rio: 11 hours 10 mins
• Aircraft detail: Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777-F
• 17,600 kgs of horses flying from Lieges
• 515kg is the average weight of an Eventing horse (630kg is the average weight of a Dressage horse and 610kg for Jumping horses)
• 8,185kg of horse equipment
• 5,726 kg of feed (doesn’t include feed they’ll eat on the flight)
• 40 litres of water per horse
• 32 Eventing horses – representing Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, France, Sweden, Belgium, Russia, Ecuador, Japan, Poland and Finland

 

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3 days to go...

 

For the memorable eventing performance(s) at the Olympics, I've chosen Mark Todd & Carisma, double Olympic champions.

 

 

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It's dissapointing that we still don't have pictures from cross-country course. I've managed to find a map of cross-country course few days ago but I can't find it anymore. Though I remember that one jump is named "ski jump", what sound intriguing.

 

I only have this aerial picture now... Let's hope someone (most likely Eventing Nation) publishes something soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As we await for tomorrow's horse inspection and draw for eventing, here are some stats about eventing horses in Rio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://eventingnation.com/rio-2016-at-a-glance-meet-the-horses/